title: A sophisticated mechanism for enabling real-time mobile access to PHR data.
abstract: Faced with rapid changes, such as growing complexity in care delivery, health systems nowadays fall short in their ability to translate knowledge into practice. Mobile technology holds enormous potential for transforming healthcare delivery systems which currently involve cumbersome processes that slow down care and decrease rather than improve safety. However, the limited computing, energy and information storage capabilities of mobile devices are hampering their ability to support increasingly sophisticated applications required by certain application fields, such as healthcare. This paper is concerned with a framework which provides ubiquitous mobile access to comprehensive health information at any point of care or decision making in a way that efficient utilization of mobile device resources is achieved. To this end, a cloud-based push messaging mechanism is utilized which draws upon and enhances Google Cloud Messaging service.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece.
authors.forename: Vassiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koufi
authors.forename: Flora
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malamateniou
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassilacopoulos
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D057225:Data Mining / Q000379:methods*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057386:Search Engine; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface